The Long Firm: Jake Arnott - Brossura

Arnott, Jake

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ISBN 10: 0340748788 ISBN 13: 9780340748787

Casa editrice: Hachette Collections, 2000

Riassunto

The cult bestseller that launched Jake Arnott as one of the most exciting new voices of the decade - 'A gangster novel every bit as cool, stylish and venomous as the London in which it's set' (Independent on Sunday) 'I'll tell you what happens now,' Harry says, reading my mind. 'You can go now. We're quits. You don't talk to anybody about anything. You've had a taste of what will happen if you do.' Meet Harry Starks: club owner, racketeer, porn king, sociology graduate and Judy Garland fan. To be in his orbit is to be caught up in the music, the parties, the people and the sex of London in the Swinging Sixties. But behind the rough charm and cheap glamour is a man prepared to do what it takes to get what he wants.

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Recensione:

Truly fascinating ... Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era is astonishing (Jimmy Boyle, Guardian)

'The Long Firm is more than an addition to the genre: it is both knowing, in a literary sense, and entertaining, and makes profitable use of its influences. Gracefully written, diligently and rewardingly researched, it is both exciting and funny. It takes the cliches of the genre and makes them sexy and freshly interesting'
Observer

Compulsive reading, powerful writing. (The Times)

One of the smartest, funniest and original novels you will read all year ... Arnott is quite brilliant at excavating the cultural minutiae of the time to bring the period vividly to life (Independent on Sunday)

Compulsive reading, powerful writing with an evocative feel for the bleaker side of the Swinging Sixties (The Times)

'Done so cannily that it virtually winks at you'
The Sunday Times

Gripping ... slumming it doesn't get much better than this (Time Out)

'Very funny, oddly touching, and unobtrusively perceptive"
Evening Standard

Jake Arnott has created a gangster story every bit as cool, stylish and venomous as the London in which it is set, an English original as sharp and lethal as a Saville Row lapel (Independent on Sunday)

'Truly fascinating ... Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era ... is astonishing. A great read'
Guardian

Descrizione del libro:

London. The Swinging Sixties. Welcome to our manor

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• Editore: Hachette Collections
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0340748788
• ISBN 13: 9780340748787
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352